This was the first time I have been able to to a waterbird survey since the first week of February due to a frozen lake. The lake finally opened up here on Monday and by yesterday was the first day I saw no ice. There was a nice feeding frenzy right off my yard this morning with numerous red-breasted mergansers and a few other species. Of note were white-winged scoter and lesser black-backed gull. There were a few new migrants around including belted kingfisher, yellow-rumped warbler, and chipping sparrow. There was only a single redpoll at the feeders today. The wind switched pretty early and no hawks were seen from here. Lakeshore Waterbird Survey April 5, 2008, 700-1000 Weather- partly cloudy w/ light fog Winds- SW 5-10 to SE 5-10, Temp- 35-39 F Barometer- 30.04-30.12, Humidity-87-85, Dew point- 31-36 Waves- 2-3 feet, Flight direction- west Canada goose 2 Mallard 2 Greater scaup 2 WHITE-WINGED SCOTER 1 Common goldeneye 1 Common merganser 6 Red-breasted merganser 1,024 Horned grebe 3 Double-crested cormorant 6 Great blue heron 3 Bonaparte's gull 14 Ring-billed gull 361 Herring gull 38 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL 1 adult Great black-backed gull 3 John Pogacnik 4765 Lockwood Road Perry, OH 44081 (440) 259-2751 ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]